Heddle-frame for looms.



vide a heddle frame'having horizontal and ,York, in the county of Hudson and State of following specification of which the accomgthe 1in@ 3 3 0f Fig. 1; Figs. 4., 5 and' e transverse sectional views showing modified 1pending clamp which l employ.

JOACHIM GIARDINO, 0F WEST NEW YOBIQNEW JERSEY.

nEnnLE-FRAME Fon LooMs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 23, 1913.

Application filed December 16, 1912. Serial No. 736,902.

To all whom it may concern.'

'Be it known that I, JOACHIM GIARDINO, a' citizen of Italy, and residing at West New New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heddle-.Frames for Looms, of which the following is a specifiJV` cation, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved heddle frame consisting of separate detachable parts constructed in such manner that the heddles may be quickly and easily assembled therein arid adjusted into any -desired position, and the separate parts of the frame connected, and with this and other objects in View the invention consists of a heddle frame constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the 'panying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my invention are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a side view of- -a heddle frame constructed according to my invention with part of the construction broken away, and part shown in section; Fig. 2 a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;-Fig. 3 a section on forms of the top and bottom parts of the frame, and; Fig. 7 a detail view of a sus- In the practice of my invention, I proparallel top and bottom members a and b and parallel end members c. The top and bottom members a and b consist of flat hollow tubes the outer opposite faces of which are convex in cross section andthe inner or adjacent faces of which are provided with longitudinal side flanges a2 and b2 forming longitudinal slots a3 and b3, through whichl the heddles al are free to move longitudinally of the frame. Within the top and bottom members a and b of the frame are placed bars c which may be flat in cross section, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, or round as shown at e2 in Fig. 4, and theheddles d may be either Hat, as shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive or they may consist of wires d2, as shown in Fig. 4, and when fiat heddles d are used the ends thereof are'provided with oblong slots or openings ala through which.

bottom members transversely and are pro-l vided With Shanks g2 which pass inwardly through the slots a3 and b3 and are secured bythe bolts or screws f which are passed therethrough, as clearly shown.

The blocks g which close the ends of the top and bottom members a and b' of the frame are provided on their linner faces with recesses g3 to receive the ends of the bars e ers and e2, and mounted on said bars, when in use, are supplemental b-lock or link-shaped bearing devices z, which are approximately of the same form in cross section as the top and bottom members a and b of the frame,

and which are freely movable on said bars within said top andfbottom members and may be adjusted into any desired position, and these blocks or links are intended to strengthen and support the bars e or e2, and

-to hold them in proper position and form,

it being understood that, in practice, these bars are necessarily made smaller and light.

Mounted on the top member a of the frame is a suspending clamp i which is yokeshaped `in'form the bottom thereof being open and provided with inwardly directed side flanges 2 forminghooks adapted to engage the top member a of the frame, and the top portion of which is thickened, as Shown at 113, and provided with a screw hook 4 which is passed downwardly therethrough, and the top of the tubular frame `bar a is provided with an aperture 5 to receive said screw. It will be understood that a number of these suspending clamps z' may be employed, if desired, and they may bev adjusted into any desiredv position on the top member a of the frame. The top, bottom and end portions of the frame are also connected by screws j, and with this construction the parts of the frame may be disconnected and the heddles taken out whenever desired by' simply removing these screws and the screws or bolts f, and said parts may be as quickly and easily assembled whenever necessary.

. The slot in the bottom of the top member a of the frame and in the top of the bottom member b of the frame, or the Walls 0f said slots, may be reinforced, as Shown at a* and b4 in Figs. 5 and 6, and it will. be understood that the original dimensions of the frame are the same as of other devices of this class, and any number of the heddles l or Z2 may be employed, and changes in and modifications .of the construction herein described may be made, Within the scope of the appended claims, Without departing from the spirit of my invention orsacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-,iis;^-

1. A heddle frame the top and bottom members of which are composed of hollow fiat-tened tubes the inner faces of which are provided with central longitudinal slots through which the heddles pass and which form inwardlyA directed flanges, said tubes being also provided With central longitudinal bars which pass through the ends of the heddles and With bearing devices freely movable therein longitudinally thereof and which rest on 'said flanges and through which said bars are loosely passed.

2. A heddle frame the top and bottom-` members of which are composed of hollow flattened tubes the inner faces of which are provided with central longitudinal slots through which the heddles pass and which lform inwardly directed flanges, said tubes provided With central longitudinal slots through which the heddles pass and which form inwardly directed flanges, said tubes being also provided With central longitudinal bars which pass through the ends of the heddles and -with bearing Adevices freely movable therein longitudinally thereof and which rest on said flanges and through Which said bars are loosely passed, the ends of said tubes being also closed by blocks Which fit therein and in which the ends of said bars are supported, and the rsides of said frame being composed of metal strips which are folded around the ends of said Atubes and detachably Asecured thereto and to said blocks. n

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventionl have signed my name in presence of .the subscribing Witnesses this 14th day of December 1912.

JOAoHiM GIARDINO.

Witnesses:

C. MULREANY, S. ANDnEWs. 

